Public Record Doesn’t Support Carmona Claims on Pima County Health Care System Resignation

PHOENIX – In an effort to explain his dismal record as head of the Pima County Health Care System, Richard Carmona has offered nothing but excuses. Unfortunately for him, these excuses have no basis in reality.

Rather than pushing for change, it was Carmona’s reluctance to institute any meaningful reforms or cut spending that led to the hospital system’s financial woes and Carmona’s eventual forced resignation.

On July 9, 1999, the Arizona Daily Star Editorial Board said “County leaders and Pima County Health Care System head Richard Carmona must move immediately to slash jobs and programs if they want to save the hospital from far worse jeopardy in the near future.” They referred to Carmona’s “muddled explanations” and lack of aggressive reforms as “managerial weakness” (“Kino Needs Cuts – Now,” Arizona Daily Star, 7/9/99). Another Stareditorial was more blunt: “The bottom line: Carmona’s record as a fiscal manager demands his ouster” (“Dismiss Carmona,” Arizona Daily Star, 7/13/99). If Richard Carmona refused to cut spending to save Kino Community Hospital, why should voters believe he would make the tough decisions to cut spending andbalance the budget in the U.S. Senate?

When the Arizona Daily Star called for Carmona’s firing in an editorial on July 13, 1999 entitled “Dismiss Carmona,” they said, “…the Carmona years have been disastrous years characterized by drift and squabbling that the CEO never transcended” (“Dismiss Carmona,” Arizona Daily Star, 7/13/99). If Richard Carmona can’t transcend politics at the county level, why should voters believe him when he says he’ll transcend politics in the U.S. Senate?

The Arizona Daily Star called Carmona “uncooperative, even truculent” (“Dismiss Carmona,” Arizona Daily Star, 7/13/99). If Richard Carmona couldn’t work with others to solve problems and manage the Pima County Health Care System, why should voters trust him when he says he’ll sit down and work with others solve the major issues facing the country?

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PUBLIC RECORD DOESN’T SUPPORT FLAKE CLAIMS THAT HE WILL STEP DOWN FROM CONGRESS AFTER SERVING THREE TERMS

When Jeff Flake first ran for Cogress he pledged that he would serve only three terms in the U. S. House. When confronted with his pledge upon seeking a fourth term, Flake admitted flatly, “I lied”.

Jeff Flake is a self-admitted liar. He went to Congress on a pledge of self-limiting his terms in office. It was part of the Contract With America which touted citizen legislators instead of “career politicians”.

Once Flake experienced the “good life” and the corrupting influence inside of the beltway, however, his pledge to those who put him in office seemed unimportant. After all, it isn’t against the law to lie to voters, it’s merely unethical!

Once in Congress, Flake continued on his disappointing path. Having secured a much-coveted assignment to the powerful House Judiciary Committee, Flake subsequently lost that assignment, kicked off the Committee by his fellow Republican legislators for “bad behavior”.

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Mr. Flake, you haven’t earned the right to be U. S. Senator from Arizona. You haven’t been straight with voters and you can’t work harmoniously with your fellow Republican legislators.

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